Co-Pay Free Birth Control

[cynatnite]

There's something many women of child-bearing age can rally behind in the new health overhaul law: free contraceptives.

At least that's the idea behind a campaign being launched today by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Called Birth Control Matters, the initiative aims to make sure all prescription methods of contraception are covered without copays as part of the preventive services package that will be determined sometime in the next year by the Institute of Medicine and the Department of Health and Human Services.

"This is a fundamental economic issue," Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards told reporters at a briefing Tuesday. "Women say 'I could possibly not have to pay $50 a month for birth control pills anymore?' "

But it’s not something for nothing, said ACOG Vice President for Practice Activities Hal Lawrence: "Providing contraceptive care keeps women healthy, and when you keep women healthy they have healthier pregnancies."

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/10/12/130514866/women-s-health-groups-launch-birth-control-campaign?ft=1&f=1001

[JerseygirlCT]

1. Besides, paying for contraception

is surely less expensive than paying for a pregnancy and birth!

[Statistical]

2. That is something I never understood.

Maybe the insurance companies don't care but the companies should.

[surrealAmerican]

3. That's a great idea ...

... and it will end up saving money, too. Everybody wins!

[ThomCat]

4. Planned Parenthood wants you to sign a petition to support this.

If you are on their regular mailing list you got it emailed to you. Otherwise, I bet it's on their website. Please sign the petition to support this!

It would be wonderful if we could get enough public support to convince the government to support this in the regulations they are going to be implementing with regard to any insurance plans that get government subsidies.

The administration has been using choice as a political football. The least they can do is support greater access to birth control. :(